Took it to the shop Tuesday, my mechanic doesn't do Mondays.
Told him what I knew, also told him I'd been having an intermittent timing issue, not always but once a trip or so. (i'd be cruising along and it would just speed up) He did a bit of an aha and said it did sound like the stator.
Just called me & said it was the stator, he did get weak spark on one side -- I thought I saw a spark or two on that side but I was using a new tester on a sunny day.
He had a test spare & said all good but doesn't have one to sell. A new one is $600.
Anybody have one? I have a local parts guy I'll call.
What about the new non merc replacements like:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercury-Stat...wUmbuw&vxp=mtr
Need to get it back under it's roof, it's rained 4 inches in 24 hours & ain't stopping!